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The rising cost of college — even before the recession — threatens to put higher education out of reach for most Americans, according to the annual report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. -
1voteYale University is adding eight courses to its free online offerings, the university announced. The courses, which were recorded as taught, are available in video and audio formats from the Open Yale Courses Web site, which the university says is among the most often visited of all its Web pages.
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1voteThe SATs can be good for behaviorally challenged slackers who just happen to be great test-takers. A 1600 can get them into a great college, despite horrible grades and discipline problems. But is the test really good for anyone else? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95555519&ft=1&f=1013
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1voteHERE’S a pop quiz for the M.B.A. crowd: With the sharp downturn on Wall Street, applications to the nation’s business schools are likely to a) fall, b) hold steady or c) rally like a tech stock in 1999? It’s not an academic question. Deadlines for first-round applications at many business schools are rapidly approaching. Some admissions officers are already reporting larger-than-normal crowds a
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1voteSEATTLE — For the 5,500 college admissions officials and high school guidance counselors who gathered here over the weekend, there were discussions, debates and analyses of things like the ethics of tracking student applicants on Facebook and “Why Good Students Write Bad College Essays — and How to Stop It.â€
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